Some Properties of Smooth Convex Functions and Newton’s Method

Doklady Mathematics - New properties of convex infinitely differentiable functions related to extremal problems are established. It is shown that, in a neighborhood of the solution, even if the...     

Profile Monitor for Electron Beam in the High-Voltage Electron Cooling System of the COSY Synchrotron

Technical Physics - A high-voltage system for electron cooling of the COSY (Germany) synchrotron is featured by the presence of a profile monitor that is used for measurement of current density...     

Iteration Method for Solving the Problem of Determining the Coefficient and the Source in the Heat Equation

Differential Equations - We consider an initial–boundary value problem for the heat equation in which the heat conduction coefficient and one of the functions occurring in the source depend...     

Esters of ferrocenol: Synthesis,optical properties,and electrochemical behavior

Ferrocenol esters were prepared by the reaction of ferrocenylboric acid with aldehydes and air oxygen catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbene. Optical properties (electron absorption and fluorescence spectra) and electrochemical behavior of the obtained compounds were studied (oxidation and reduction during the process of cyclic voltammetry).     

One Way Traffic: Base-to-Backbone Hole Transfer in Nucleoside Phosphorodithioate

The directionality of the hole-transfer processes between DNA backbone and base was investigated by using phosphorodithioate [P(S⁻)=S] components. ESR spectroscopy in homogeneous frozen aqueous solutions and pulse radiolysis in aqueous solution at ambient temperature confirmed initial formation of G^.+-P(S⁻)=S. The ionization potential of G-P(S⁻)=S was calculated to be slightly lower than that of guanine in 5′-dGMP. Subsequent thermally activated hole transfer from G^.+ to P(S⁻)=S led to dithiyl radical (P-2S^.) formation on the μs timescale. In parallel, ESR spectroscopy, pulse radiolysis, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations confirmed P-2S^. formation in an abasic phosphorodithioate model compound. ESR investigations at low temperatures and higher G-P(S⁻)=S concentrations showed a bimolecular conversion of P-2S^. to the σ²-σ*¹-bonded dimer anion radical [-P-2S 2S-P-]⁻ [ΔG (150 K, DFT)=−7.2 kcal mol⁻¹]. However, [-P-2S 2S-P-]⁻ formation was not observed by pulse radiolysis [ΔG° (298 K, DFT)=−1.4 kcal mol⁻¹]. Neither P-2S^. nor [-P-2S 2S-P-]⁻ oxidized guanine base; only base-to-backbone hole transfer occurs in phosphorodithioate.     

Solvothermal Synthesis of the Metal-Organic Framework MOF-5 in Autoclaves Prepared by 3D Printing

Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry - The known metal-organic framework {Zn4O(BDC)3} (MOF-5 (I), where BDC is terephthalate anion) is synthesized by the solvothermal method in autoclaves...     

Reactivity of Polar Compounds in Reactions with Oxygen Atoms

Kinetics and Catalysis - Experimental data on the reaction of hydrogen atom abstraction from hydrocarbons, halogenated alkanes, and oxygen-containing compounds by oxygen atoms (50 reactions) are...     

Status of the High-Voltage Electron-Cooling System of the NICA Collider

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters - In order to achieve the design luminosity in the NICA collider, it is planned to equip it with both stochastic and electron cooling. The electron-cooling...     

System of nonlinear integral equations for the unknown functions in a functional-differential hyperbolic equation

We consider the inverse problem for a functional-differential equation in which the delay function and a function occurring in the source are unknown. The values of the solution and its derivative at x = 0 are given as additional information. We derive a system of nonlinear integral equations for the unknown functions. This system is used to prove a uniqueness theorem for the inverse problem.     

A New Metal-Organic Framework: Product of Solvothermal Synthesis in 3D-Printed Autoclaves

Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry - A new metal-organic framework {Zn4(BDC)3(OAc)2(DMF)4} (BDC = terephthalate anion) was synthesized under solvothermal conditions in a 3D-printed...